Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 15:59:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: nate@yogotech.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 Message-ID: <200010022159.PAA19384@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200010022148.OAA11591@usr05.primenet.com> References: <200010022000.OAA18288@nomad.yogotech.com> <200010022148.OAA11591@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: > > [ Moved to -chat ] > > Really? Explain to me how Win95/NT 'supports' it's easier with day-day > > bugfixes in a manner that's better than FreeBSD? [ snip ] > don't get me started on DVD playback support. Hey, take that one up with the court system. :) > > However, back to the issue at hand. Microsoft doesn't support old OS's > > like Win95 and NT3.5/4.0. Heck, support for Win98 just ended with the > > release of WinME. > > If you buy a new machine with an old OS, it's supported by > Microsoft for 90 days from date of purchse, so long as the > vendor has a contract with Microsoft. Hence the reason that M$ forces vendors to switch OS's the *day* the new OS is released. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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